Losing one storefront. The city has been renting for them. Abc seven News Reporter luz pena has followed the bands impact for months now. Since the beginning, really, and joins us live from the newsroom with reaction, luz thats right. Dion. After the initial street ban, the city rented two locations, giving Street Vendors options to sell on Mission Street away from the sidewalks. One of those locations is called la placita, which is technically a parking lot on 24th street. The second location is an actual storefront called el tiangge. Thats the one the city will close this month. Another for change for the Street Vendors on Mission Street. This time, the city has decided to close down the tianguis store, where at least seven of them set up shop every day. We dont have any more surprises because we go through a lot of things right now. Its just another step. The city rented the storefront last year to offer vendors a place to sell indoors. During the first street ban this year, the city extended the ban and the lease. The first allocation was around 100,000 for the first three months. That included operation costs, rent, anything and staffing. On a given day, you see 5 to 10 vendors in there. The place has a capacity for 45 uh. They continue to say that sales are slow, because of the location of the president , of the Street Vendors association said the site simply didnt work. So the change was not the right approach. Exactly. There was no the right thing for us, the city tried. They tried to do it marketing. They tried to do the best doing marketing, announced and everywhere. And it doesnt work. One of those vendors, manuel soltero, was not surprised by the citys decision. Well, for me, its the same. Closer. No, close. Because i not sell nothing. Tito ledesma is not looking forward to the other location. He said. The city is now putting more limitations on them. Domingo nunez sunday and monday you wont be able to sell over there. All the vendors are being asked to move to the outdoor location on 24th street. After april 21st, but even the vendors there say business is still bad. Pero 300ft from the mission. But people dont come here. Theyre hoping for the city to intervene, many saying they still have the permits to sell legally on Mission Street. Santiago lerma, with the department of Emergency Management confirmed the city is looking into laws that could change to allow for local enforcement to tackle illegal fencing and let permitted vendors sell on mission again. What im hearing today is that vendors are looking into potentially working with the city to be able to go out and sell again on Mission Street. Yes, that is what theyve desired. Theyve made that clear to us that theyre priority is to return to Mission Street. So were working with them to review any possibilities or how that would work. The latest street vending ban is set to expire in august, but as we heard, the city is working with state representatives to find a solution that would tackle illegal fencing that still happening at night and allow permanent vendors to do business on mission in the newsroom. Luz pena, abc seven news the saga continues. Luis, thank you. A controversial proposal to rename Oakland Airport comes up for a vote tomorrow. A live look at the abc seven Oakland Airport camera right now, the port of oaklands board of commissioners could change the airports name to San Francisco bay. Oakland airport Officials Say it will help travelers better understand where the airport is geographically and boost business. As a result, the idea is adamantly opposed, though, by San Francisco international and San Francisco city officials. Theyve threatened to sue and say the name change will confuse travelers. Oakland airports top brass and top boss tells us he does not think there will be confusion. We really feel as though their confusion is not is not going to be an issue for us. We serve different markets from between San Francisco and oakland. This is about bringing jobs, bringing good paying jobs to the oakland area. This is about bringing people to the oakland area. Its really about showcasing whats happening here in the region. With oakland being the center point. Tomorrows port of oakland Board Meeting starts at 330. The uc regents announced cals next chancellor today, and he is a familiar face on campus. Rich lyons is a wellknown economist and former dean of the haas school of business. The 63 year old is a cal alum, and the campuss current leader for innovation and entrepreneurship. He said one thing hell really focus on as chancellor is inclusion. Every one of our students, every student, has a need and a right to feel like they belong. At berkeley and to feel like theyre respected at berkeley. I feel like ive got some some instruments and some perspective that once, you know, bounced off and tested with my, my colleagues and so forth that we can we can push forward in some fresh ways. Lyons will take the reins after chancellor carol christ steps down in july a tough day on wall street today and potential bad news for stocks heading into First Quarter earnings season. A higher than expected march Inflation Report sent stocks down. The dow lost 420 points. The nasdaq dropped 136 and the s p 500 went down nearly 50. On that Inflation Report, the Labor Department says the Consumer Price index increased at a year over year rate of 3. 5 in march. Thats the highest annual gain in the last six months. Economists say its a domino effect. The things that we pay for outside of the Grocery Store also affect the money we have left to spend on groceries, right . So if we have to spend more on gasoline, if our Auto Insurance becomes more expensive, if our housing becomes more expensive. Well, the cost of Auto Insurance was up 2. 6 last month compared to last year, up a whopping 22. And one of the factors driving inflation up a rise in gas prices statewide. Its 5. 39 a gallon, according to triple a in San Francisco. 565 cheaper in san jose. Thats at 5. 50 a gallon. Abc seven News Reporter ryan curry gets to the bottom of the rising costs. Tick tick tick. That meter keeps on rising. Its frustrating for drivers. What can you do . Theres nothing you can do. Its over 6. I was like, man, its a little bit too much right now. Thats right. In some spots in the east bay, a gallon of gas is either 6 or close to it. Fill ups are costing drivers a fortune in the whole tank. Cost me about 6570. So i mean, im just getting a quick fill up just to get back on the other side. Sir why are prices so high in the bay area . Tom kloza, the head of Energy Analysis at the Oil Price Information service, says there are two main reasons. The first, local refineries are focusing more on maintenance than production. Youve got refinery maintenance thats scheduled for chevron at richmond. Youve got refinery maintenance for chevron uh at el segundo in the south, and you have refinery maintenance for pbf, which operates the martinez refinery. And the second reason, a recent change at the phillips 66 refinery, one of the refineries that was contributing about 50,000 barrels a day gasoline uh is now no longer making gasoline. Gas prices in california are up 0. 50 just in the last month, while the rest of the country is only dealing with a 30 cent increase. And kloza says prices will keep going up in the next 40 days, but they should start to drop in the summer. However, he says if any refinery experiences any issue in the coming months, prices could rise again. If you have a problem with the refinery in benicia or wilmington in the south or whatever, you could really have, some pretty severe issues. For now. Drivers say they will just have to budget accordingly. Ive been seeing it slowly increase, but its now its a little bit too much. 6 is kind of crazy in the east bay. Ryan curry, abc seven news. In washington, d. C. Today, women known as rosie the riveters were honored for their support of the nation during world war two. Remember these four little words . We can do it nearly 30 rosies from across the country were presented with the congressional gold medal today. Rosie represented the millions of women who worked in factories and shipyards during wartime to make the rosie the riveter congressional gold medal a reality. They hammered members as they cajoled members but thankfully never had to weld them to support the legislation. Many of these women celebrated today are from the bay area. The rosie the riveter National Historical park is in richmond. Their congressional gold medal will be kept at the Smithsonian Institution in. So wonderful to see them together like that today. Well, the tightest race in the march primary, ending up sending three candidates to the november general election. But a recount could change that. Next, the politics involved in making sure every vote counts, plus not quite a needle in a haystack, but a search for a whale in the bay. The first step is to find it. The next step to free it. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. It felt like summer today. Ill let you know how long the warmth will last before it turns wet, chilly and breezy. Your complete forecast is coming up when by anna eshoo, evan lowe, and joe simitian ended up in a historic tie for second place in the march primary. Look at that. I mean, vote for vote. They will both move on to the november election and go up against sam liccardo unless the tie is broken in a recount. Abc seven News Reporter zach fuentes spoke with one of the people who filed a recount request, and joins us live in san jose. Zach, this has been fascinating ever since Election Night twists and turns at every corner. Dan, now recount, of course, could be time consuming, it could be costly and ultimately it could change who we see on that november general election ballot. Do you have a three person runoff in november instead of a two person runoff or so . It initially seemed in the district 16 congressional race, but now there have been recount requests by two voters in the two counties within the congressional district. The person who has the most at stake is probably, sam liccardo, who is betting that he would have a better chance in a two person race than in a three person runoff. Registrars confirm that the Santa Clara County recount was requested by jonathan padilla. According to his linkedin profile. He was a policy and finance director for liccardos 2014 san jose mayoral campaign. He released what he said would be his only statement on the matter on social media, saying in part, our democracy is resilient. When we put people above politics and our laws are designed to protect the will of the people. Lets count every vote. Evan los campaign issued a statement saying in part, theres zero doubt that sam liccardo orchestrated this recount and padillas declaration that the recount is on our campaigns behalf is simply disingenuous. Liccardos campaign did not claim any connection to the recount request, but sent us a statement saying in part, every vote should be counted. And thats why recounts are part of the states electoral process to ensure accuracy. As for joe simitian, he said, quote, eventually this process will work itself out. My job is to stay focus on how i can best represent the folks in our district, and thats what im doing. A person filing a recount request has to select a candidate and pay for it themselves. If its found that the candidate they selected won, they would be reimbursed. I spoke with dan stedingk, who requested the recount in San Mateo County. He said he is not connected to any of the congressional campaigns, but chose low in his recount request. He said he believes there should only be a two person race in the general election. Statistically, very unlikely that these guys would tie, i like to say, you know, the counties cant even keep track of how many cars they have, much less count the same number twice. Now, the Santa Clara CountyRegistrars Office tells me that they reviewed both recount requests. They can confirm that they are valid, and they plan to start recount activities on monday. If they get the first days deposit on that overall payment. Lets talk about the payment for a second. Zach, how much can a recount cost . If you would walk us through that . Well, it depends on the recount thats requested. The type. Theres a machine recount which is less expensive. And then theres the manual recount, which is more expensive because its more time consuming. That could go up to ten days. And in Santa Clara County alone, that could be upwards of 320,000. Now nick, who you heard from in the story there, asked for a machine recount. He says hes willing to foot the bill for that. Okay, zach, thanks very much. Well see what happens. Thanks, zach. The epa is setting the first ever limits for socalled forever chemicals in drinking water. The limits will regulate pfas, which have contaminated water sources across the country and are linked to cancer and other health problems. Pfas includes six synthetic chemicals that are found in a number of industrial and personal products, things from Food Packaging to frying pans, dental floss and even makeup. The chemicals break down slowly over time, hence the nickname forever chemicals. The epa believes these new limits will protect about 100 Million People from exposure. The epa has concluded that, you know lives will be saved and tens of thousands of cases of severe disease will be prevented. The federal government has put aside billions of dollars as part of an infrastructure plan to help pay for filtration and upgrading water systems. Foggy weather along the San Mateo County coast is slowing down the search for a gray whale in distress. The whale was first spotted off the Orange County coast last month, with a long strand of gill net tied around its tail. This is video of when the whale was spotted yesterday off pacifica before four biologists lost sight of it. Marine biologists want to find, tag and track that whale. And when the weather gets better, eventually cut the gill net to free it. Poor thing. I hope we hope they can find him and get the okay netting free. All right, lets turn our attention now to the weather forecast. A gorgeous today. Hope you got outside some, but things will change. Yeah, the turn is sharp and it is coming soon. Sandy. It is indeed. Dan and dion, you really have one more day to just get outside and take advantage of the warmth, because the temperature drop will be so noticeable friday and heading into saturday its going to feel like winter. Let me show you your high temperatures for today. It got up into the low 80s in places like san jose, redwood city, napa, santa rosa, and cloverdale. These were some of our warmest spots 72 in the city, 76 in oakland. Look at santa cruz. It was also in the 80s, 82 degrees, 79, in concord and livermore, compared to 24 hours ago, running a few degrees warmer, up six in napa, santa rosa up nine five degrees warmer in oakland and mountain view. High pressure. The commanding force which brought us the warmth today. But it wasnt warm everywhere, as you recall, there was fog this morning along the coastline, and there still is some fog around Half Moon Bay. Changes are going to come with this system. Arriving will first notice the cooling on friday and then the rain arrives late friday night. Going into saturday along with the chill. So right now on live doppler seven, we have that combination of the fog down below near the coast and the higher clouds up above a live view from our golden gate bridge, our sutro tower camera looking at the golden gate bridge. Its a glorious review right now. San francisco 63, oakland 68. In the 70s, from hayward to san jose to san mateo, chilling in Half Moon Bay at 57 degrees and from our east bay hills camera, you can see the filtered sunshine out there. 76 in santa rosa, petaluma. Youre getting that stiff breeze, 6670s for fairfield, napa, concord and livermore and a lot of sun from our san jose camera tomorrow. The warmth holds inland. End of the week temperatures plunge and this weekend were talking about chilly, wet and breezy weather. So tonight at 7 00 uh 50s at the coast to the 70s inland, its going to be a slow drop off in temperatures, especially this evening where youre still going to see those 50s and 60s around at 9 p. M. Tomorrow morning, we will start out with some fog along the coast, perhaps in the north bay valleys. The dew points are certainly up tonight, and thats an indication of the changes that will get underway tomorrow afternoon. Its still a couple of 80s showing up in our warmest locations, but it will begin to cool near the coast and bay temperatures in the 40s and 50s out the door tomorrow morning. There will be some patchy fog tomorrow afternoon, 80 in san jose in the south bay. Santa clara, 78 degrees. A nice day on the peninsula. 74, in palo alto, 60 and Half Moon Bay, downtown San Francisco, 67 degrees. Daly city, 63, north bay. Youll need the sunscreen. 80 in santa rosa 76, napa 75, san rafael, east bay still above average like today 71 oakland, 70, in berkeley had inland 80 and concord, 81. In livermore and fairfield. Now friday, those temperatures come down in the 50s and 60s. Onshore breezes pick up. And saturday youre